about

As a photojournalist for the past 20 years, Yuri Kozyrev has covered every major conflict in the former Soviet Union, including two Chechen wars. Immediately after September 11, 2001, he was on the scene in Afghanistan, where he documented the fall of the Taliban.

Kozyrev has spent much of the past eight years based in Baghdad, as a contract photographer for TIME Magazine. He has traveled all over Iraq, photographing the different sides of the conflict.

Yuri Kozyrev has received numerous honors for his photography, including several World Press Photo Award for pictures from Chechnya, Iraq and Beslan. He was the recipient of the Overseas Press Club Oliver Rebbot Award in 2004 for his Iraq coverage. In 2006, he was the recipient of the ICP Infinity award for photojournalism and he won the 2008 Frontline Club Award for his extensive coverage of the Iraq war.

picture of the year award 2009

The Ossetia series from Yuri Kozyrev has received an award of Excellence in the 2009 Picture of the Year Award in the 'News Picture Story' category. A larger selection of the series can also be seen on our website.

solo exhibitions

Inside Iraq
Visa pour l’Image
Perpignan, France-2008

Iraq: witnessed
War Photo Limited
Dubrovnik, Croatia- 2007
 
Iraq 2002-2006
The Center of photography of Lectoure, France, 2006
 
Iraq 2002-2005
Visa pour l’Image
Perpignan, France-2005
 
Iraq 2002-2005
Bratislava, Slovakia- 2005
 
Chechnya 2000
Moscow, Russia- 2000

books

Kozyrev's photographs were included in TIME 's photo-essay:
 
21 Days to Baghdad (2003)
With other photographers and journalists
Published by Time Inc.